Drawing for a woman's theatrical costume: 'Topsy'

Vincente Minnelli

1933–39 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Drawing, design for a woman's costume, part of a group of 88 costume designs by Vincente Minnelli. The costume consists of a beige dress with a large pink scarf tied in a bow at the waist, a headdress with short branches with small, pink ribbons and a large bundle of pink scrolling feathers, and matching pink high heels. The figure represented with the dress, of dark skin color, is dancing, holding a white handkerchief in one hand and a light blue fan in the other. A white cuff adorns the wrist of the hand holding the handkerchief.

Artist

Vincente Minnelli

Date

1933–39

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1958